Detroit Mercy undergraduate students, now is the time to submit your poetry work for the 53rd installment of the Dudley Randall Poetry Prize competition! The deadline for submissions is Friday, Feb. 10.
The first prize is $150, second prize earns $75 and third prize receives $50.
Tiya Miles, author of six books on African American and Indigenous history, will discuss her latest book, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake. The webinar is set for Monday, Feb. 6 from 7-8:30 p.m. via Zoom.
A final informational session regarding travel to Israel through the Michigan Consortium for Israel Studies is set for Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. The info session will be held via Zoom.
Detroit Mercy’s English Department will host poet and writer Marcelo Hernandez Castillo at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 as the first speaker in its new virtual reading series, Triptych.
Detroit Mercy’s College of Liberal Arts & Education will host an information session Jan. 19, 2023, which includes news about a new scholarship that provides significant financial support for graduate students who enroll in the Clinical Psychology Master’s Program for the fall 2023 semester.
Phil Cousineau has used his education from the University to carve a unique and fascinating niche in the world and led him on a multi-disciplinary career since he graduated in 1974.
Detroit Mercy faculty were members of a group that traveled to Brazil this past summer as part of the Fulbright-Hays program, a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education and Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
Join students from Detroit Mercy’s Computer Animation and Voice Acting class as they present animated short films they wrote, directed, performed, edited and produced during the 2022 semester.
The Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) is the recipient of two 2022 Wilde Awards for outstanding work for the stage.
The McNichols Campus is a bit more interesting with the addition of a sculpture commissioned by alumnus Tom Page ’71, ’76. The as-yet-unnamed sculpture honors and reflects the University’s Jesuit and Mercy foundations, traditions and values and paying homage to Detroit Mercy’s bright future.
Detroit Mercy’s College of Liberal Arts & Education will announce a new scholarship Dec. 8 that provides significant financial support for graduate students enrolled in the Clinical Psychology Master’s Program beginning in the fall of 2023.
Join Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity Club on Monday, Dec. 5 for the final meeting of the 2022 year, as the club will learn and talk about the inner-workings of computers. The meetings take place in the Briggs Building, Room 217 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
All students, staff, alumni, faculty and friends are welcome. No writing experience is necessary, just an interest in exploring and developing your creative inclinations.
College of Liberal Arts & Education Dean Jocelyn Boryczka was featured during 2022 midterm election coverage on Fox 2 Detroit and WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit. Boryczka provided expert commentary both from the McNichols Campus and the television studios of WXYZ.
Ticketing & Audience Development Coordinator and Adjunct Professor of Theatre Sarah Hawkins Rusk is directing “The Children” by Lucy Kirkwood at the Open Book Theatre …
Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity Club is holding monthly meetings throughout the school year! Learn more about what the club has to offer and partake in free pizza during these meetings.
In this session with Detroit Mercy’s Islamic Studies Program, Detroit-based artists, educators and community organizers Tazeen and LuFuki share some of their original music compositions …
Students on University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus are bringing digital characters to life through acting and animation techniques as part of a new course …
Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy E. Finkenbine served as a guest editor for the Fall 2022 Michigan Historical Review, a special issue which …
CLAE Today! is a newsletter that showcases the accomplishments, contributions and events that occur in the College of Liberal Arts & Education (CLAE) at Detroit Mercy.
Patrick Kelly, S.J. ’83 has long been invested in sports, from playing them to writing and teaching about them. He’s now taking his passion to a higher calling, as he recently was part of an international summit on sports and accessibility at the Vatican from Sept. 29-30.
Detroit Mercy students, would you like to see your writing, photographs or visual art published? Then consider submitting your work to Detroit Mercy’s student art journal [sic], which is looking for poems, short stories, personal essays, photographs and other visual artwork.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Olio, Tyehimba Jess will give a dynamic, free poetry reading on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7-8:30 p.m.
Detroit Mercy Professor of Communication Studies Jason Roche received a $17,088 grant from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC). The grant will help fund production of a documentary film about the remarkable history and current restoration of Hamtramck Stadium.
Students in University of Detroit Mercy’s Communications Studies program have honed their filmmaking skills by telling the stories of local baseball history for a new …
Assistant Professor of English Stephen Pasqualina published an essay titled “Teach Students to Be Critics—and Builders” in Inside Higher Ed.
The public, students, staff and faculty are invited to hear two nationally award-winning poets read from their work at University of Detroit Mercy.
The University of Detroit Mercy marks its 10th year of educational travel to Cuba. Several events are scheduled in October to learn about the program, viewing student projects and how to participate in traveling to Cuba during spring break of the 2022-23 academic year.
Anne Kohnke, principal investigator for the Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) and director of the Center for Cyber Security & Intelligence Studies, …
Assistant Professor of English Stephen Pasqualina published “Such a Tangible Thing: Zora Neale Hurston’s Unruly Stones of Memory” in The Journal of American Culture. The …
Detroit Mercy alumnus Thomas Page ’71, ’76 recently commissioned a sculpture to honor and reflect the University’s Jesuit and Mercy foundations, traditions and values while paying homage to the institution’s bright future. An unveiling of this sculpture will take place during the University’s Homecoming.
Detroit Mercy’s History Department and College of Liberal Arts & Education have created a new grant specifically for history majors and minors, who would like to participate in Detroit Mercy’s International Experience in India in May 2023.
Student editors are needed for the next issue of [sic], Detroit Mercy’s student art journal, which is slated to start production at the beginning of the fall 2022 semester.
The English Department at Detroit Mercy’s first Creative Writing Collective of the 2022-23 school year is set for Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 4-5:30 p.m. at Room 101 of the Briggs Building.
Learn about how you can travel to India with Detroit Mercy during an in-person information session at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 in the Briggs Building, Room 105. The trip to India with the University is scheduled for May of 2023.
A new accelerated option offered by University of Detroit Mercy now allows community college transfer students to earn their Bachelor of Social Work in approximately one year starting summer 2023.
Alexandra Hichel, director of recruitment and communications for the College of Liberal Arts & Education, received the IABC IED Chair award, a top international award …
University of Detroit Mercy Professor Juan Carlos Flores is the recipient of a $295,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create the first critical edition of writings by 13th Century philosopher Henry of Ghent.
Detroit Mercy’s Office of Academic Affairs recently announced that faculty at the McNichols Campus, School of Dentistry, and School of Law will be promoted or granted tenure, effective fall 2022 term.
Fr. Patrick Kelly, S.J., associate professor of Religious Studies, was featured and quoted in the article, “How America Sold Out Little League Baseball,” which was …
Lecturer in Economics Joseph Weglarz recently discussed the state of the economy and inflation on the Mildred Gaddis Show, broadcasted on KISS-FM (105.9). Weglarz was …
It took more than a year of waiting, thanks to COVID-19, but this spring, a group of University of Detroit Mercy students were finally able …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine was recently quoted in USA Today in an article titled, “A woman enslaved by a major Harvard …
University of Detroit Mercy announces the appointment of Jocelyn M. Boryczka as the new dean of Detroit Mercy’s College of Liberal Arts & Education. Her appointment begins Aug. 1.
Titan faculty, staff and administrators, you are cordially invited to a retirement reception in honor of College of Liberal Arts & Education Dean Mark Denham.
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine made a virtual presentation on “The Indigenous Underground Railroad” as part of a lecture series sponsored and …
To mark the graduation of the Class of 2022, Marketing & Communications is profiling several students who were nominated by staff and faculty for their …
Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity Club is set to host a featured speaker Brian Kaetz, who will speak on the topic of Incident Response. The in-person event …
The annual Cushing Distinguished Lecture Series in Religious Studies is set for Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. in the Architecture Exhibition Space in the …
Professor of English Nicholas Rombes was interviewed for the “Culture File” podcast on Ireland’s National Public Service Media. The focus was on Rombes’ book, 10/40/70: Film …
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